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Increase light hours autoflower
TerrazasBrewstarted grow question 3 years ago
My autoflowers are 6 weeks old and showing flowering signs.
Can I increase the number of light hours from 17hrs to 20/22/24hrs?
Does it cause light stress and can trigger vegetation or make it hermaphrodite?
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Chow_13answered grow question 3 years ago
Auto flowers don't care, you can change the light cycle every day. Randomly expose them to light to check on them or show a buddy. It is recommended to give them at least 4h of uninterrupted darkness. Lights out is recovery time and helps a plant grow big fat juicy buds.
Happy Growing.
Skinnytalls420answered grow question 3 years ago
Autos grow more with more like u can grow them under a light there whole life cycle but conditions must be perfect to grow 24/7 under a light but I would stick with 18 that seems to work best for everyone
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Ezzjaybruhanswered grow question 3 years ago
Yes, you can do it. No, I wouldn’t tho.
Maybe bump it up to 18.. or 20 max (in my opinion). Plants need rest man. I ran all my autos at 18 thru the entire cycle.
It will not trigger re-vegetation, that’s not possible with proper autoflower genetics.
Causing herm? Doubt it. But you never know.
I would have run 20/4 or 24/0 early in Veg if you’re gonna do it. I personally Do not like the idea of running veg at a lower light cycle than in flower.. goes against natural light cycles.
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